You're Making Me Nervous - Episode 16, Day 26 - Liverpool Street to Felixstowe
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2017
- It's Thursday 1st June, an we head out from London Liverpool Street to the end of many branch lines by the coast in Essex and Suffolk! It's a sunny day, some gorgeous views from beaches - and perhaps Britain's longest platform too?
Thanks to Andy from Calling All Stations for the ride! His video from the day is here: • Calling At: All The St...
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ROUTE: Liverpool Street, Marks Tey, Braintree, Witham, Colchester Town, Walton-on-the-Naze, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Manningtree, Harwich Town, Manningtree, Ipswich, Felixstowe, Ipswich, London Liverpool Street
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The reason why White Notley has so long platforms is because Greater Anglia run 12-car services between Liverpool Street and Braintree in the peak and they call at all stations along the line.
The same is the case for the Uckfield branch line - trains there are up to 10 cars long, and most of them call all stations along the line, hence the unusually long platforms.
This is despite the fact that the trains are only busy on the section between London Bridge and Oxted; on the branch line itself, 4-car trains would suffice. In fact if it weren't for Uckfield and Crowborough, the entire line would have been closed long ago!
11:39 Vicky has got the "James May hello" down. :D
Q. Where is Felixstowe?
A. At the end of Felix foot.
Boom! Boom!
Dark.
Anyone found making that joke gets hung from Mannings Tree
Totally Legend...
absolutely leg end.
Boom! Boom!
Hahaha
Vicki, you missed a great castle (well, Norman keep) in Colchester! You'll have to return for all the castles :D
Geoff and Vicky, you are absolute legends. I can't help but chuckle when i think of how you have managed to get loads of strangers to pay for your railway holiday. Genius. Another great vid, keep up the good work!
So not a holiday. So stressful sometimes. But doesn't mean they aren't enjoying loads of it 😎
Yes I would love to go do that instead of them!
Catching up on all of these! As a proud Colcestrian, I cannot recommend spending the day in Colchester highly enough. Oh Vicki, St Botolphs priory is pronounced Bott-Offs - best said with an Essex accent :D
Girl dabbing at 10:51 dates this to 2017 hard. :-D
Mr Marshall sometimes gives off a bit of a Partridgesque in his talks to camera. Bless him :)
I approve of the 'not wanting to be rude about Clacton'... I live there, it's not the best, although doubling the hourly service during off peak would be nice to see
Tina Onions yes there was, sadly since 2003 (when I moved there, I was only 8 then) things have gotten s lot worse. Sadly the documentaries are surprisingly close to the truth, things aren't much better than they are portrayed on TV
"I Shoulda gotten off at Clacton."
These short connections make me nervous, but the host's demeanour makes it all a charming adventure. This series is a delight.
4:31 Andy is in a fiesta, and when he pulls out he is in a Seat.
Regarding East Anglia having more railways, pre-1959, when the M&GN Joint closed, and certainly pre-1965, this region had a huge number of lines, many of which were essential for taking agricultural products out, and brining coal in.
Magnificent journey continues.
Looking forward to this, commuted SW London to Ipswich for two years back in the First Great Eastern days where you still had slam-door Class 312 services from Colchester and Manningtree.
Your quick signoff in Felixstowe was done literally 100 yards from where I live! Wonderful video, and yes Great Eastern Square used to me an old victorian station, its now small shops and a pub. Felixstowe beach used to be a station but is now closed (you can see it as you cross the dockspur railway driving down towards/back from dock gate 1 roundabout)
Good to see Walton on the Naze, i used to go there every summer as a kid.
lucky you got to go to the beaches of Essex on such a lovely day.
ClassicGamerX11 I did too, Walton- on-the-naze Great memories
People from Clacton go to Walton for a day out.
@@RichardBrown7k or Frinton. I recommend Frinton!
@@sirprintalot Frinton is great, too. But The Naze is fab for kids to run wild.
There are a few lost railways around Essex, including the Witham to Maldon branch, the Kelvedon and Tollesbury light railway and the Wivenhoe to Brightlingsea branch. Also, the Marks Tey to Sudbury line once had branches to Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge.
Chappel is as in chapel, it has an amazing viaduct, worth a look do that on line unless you're going the railway museum. There was a line from Witham that went to Maldon, which back in the day had two stations, east and west. Kelvedon had a branch line to Tollesbury, which was known as "The Crab & Winkle" as it picked up seafood and milk. Mr Beeching was a ruthless bastard.
Hello There, great video very scenic and picturesque, such beautiful and sunny destinations throughout. Keep up the good work! Cheers Peter :)
It's weird to look back on this. When you filmed this I worked on the pier and had never left clacton now I have been all over the place on the railway. The railway is great!
Liverpool street (Or LLS) is my second favourite station, after Brentwood (of course 😊), and Clacton is my second favourite beach, after Southend on Sea (of course, but I do love Canvey's seafront as well). Great upload again (of course, nuff said 😉).
The Braintree branch gets 12-car trains from Liverpool Street in the peaks hence the long platforms at White Notley. Also Colchester Town used to be named Colchester St Botolphs :-)
Yes I like the old name cos people think that Colchester Town is the main station which it isn't - it's tiny
can't wait to see you in southport!
White Notley has a 12 car platform because of the level crossing at the London end, and has to host a couple of 12 car trains in the morning and evening peaks. Under the romans Colchester was called Camulodunum! And Colchester town used to be called St. Botolph's because of the Priory :)
Enjoying your tour. Just little bit of info for you after the the discussion about St Botolphs Priory. Colchester Town station was previously known as St Botolphs - certainly as late as the 1980s.
Excellent video, also saw you both in the paper!
That train they were on a white Notley was making some really interesting noises!!
great keep them coming
Well you miss a real gem at Ingatestone ! very historic station like the stile and banter
I was on a single car 153 Lancaster to Carnforth once and although it was packed, I still found a seat!
When you guys were in walton, i was right next to you but i didnt want to annoy you guys because i thought you were busy
Worth a visit to the old suffolk lines to Melton Constable etc as glorious Sufflk landscape also an old list Railway to Southwold and lost port of Blyth... suggest summer visit as marshes in winter with NE wind are grim..
I like how Vicki is using a telescope at Clacton when they have a camera with a zoom lens with them! :D
Quite right it is a Sprinter! Those are my favourite trains!
great video guys
I have used White Notley once as it is on the Essex Way. Also remember Felixstowe Station when it was a cavernous shadow of its former self in the 80s, very quiet and spooky, before turned into a shopping centre and the track cut back.
a lot of railway looking buildings are sometimes water board premises or other utility company property
I live in Felixstowe and we have asked for two carriage trains to go to Felixstowe for a while now, without success, 9 / 10 times the train is busy.
All your trains will be three carriages from 2020 when the new ones are introduced.... or so GA say.
@@gaz198210 And here in 2021, do we know if this came to pass?
That disused platform at Felixstowe where the Goods Doors are (same sort of Goods doors as at Bognor Regis Platform 3) - used to be one very long platform with the remaining bit in use. White Notley does get 12 car trains, but on the branch line, 4 of the carriages are locked out of use.
I used to use Felixstowe station a lot in the early 1980's, to go to discos at the long demolished Pier Pavilion. The trains used to stop at the buffers at the station proper, and one set of the goods doors were left open for people catching the last train. I'd get off at Westerfield, and cycle home from there.
Looking forward to more sights of my home county of Suffolk!
Melanie Tuffen Blink and you'll miss it. They should complete Suffolk in the next couple of days and will be heading to the midlands.
Chelmsford, Braintree, Witham! My area! Some fun facts. Those trains you were riding from Braintree were the first sliding door trains in Essex, in fact they were the "bulk purchase" of new trains the government made to replace slam doors right before it was privatised, if those had been rolled out sooner perhaps it would have never been privatised.
More fun facts, the reason White Notley platform is so long is because the really long slam door trains from Liverpool Street that stopped at every station used to turn off and go down there to Braintree, then when it went sliding they started splitting the trains in half at Witham, sending half back to London. This has since changed I think it was after Railtrack collapsed and now mostly uses shorter trains.
Just down the road from Witham station are two level crossings, one on the mainline which has always been manual until recently, and one down the side line to Braintree which is still manual.
And finally, you can go from some of the stations in Essex to anywhere in central London and back for just the price of a zone 1&2 ticket.......... Provided that there are no ticket inspectors that day. :)
East Anglian Railway Museum is well worth a visit as is the viaduct, it's a beautiful little village with very proud residents who maintain immaculate gardens, but! G & V you need to visit E.A.R.M
I have a house in White Notley. Also you should take some time to go down the Flitch way in Braintree if you said that you are going back near that area because that used to be where the train ran to Rane station etc. (I would recommend the café at the old Rane station).
Great video, from Kevin 😊
You should drive around the old Stour Valley Railway line that used to run from Sudbury. Some the old stations are really interesting.
Hi Matt/ Vickey your right Colchester is the oldest recorded town but Chelmsford and Winchester were capitols before London really enjoy your videos, didn't know Walton on Naze had second longest pier, good info, you must look at Frinton some time as has some quirky facts about the residents, just ask when there,
Interesting Event that happened at Walton on Naze station in 1987. A train failed to stop and slammed through the buffers and ended up buried inside the station building.
Well, that one to felixstowe always seems quite busy, Last summer it actually driven with 2 car trains because it couldn't handle the passangers.
Hey, resident of Colchester here!
The priory, just for future use if you were interested or coming back one day, is called Saint Botolphs pronounced Bot-aulfs :)
Yay! Old memories, like Chelmsford, hehe :-D
I was working on Clacton pier when you came to visit. Chances are on the twister or waltzer. Maybe the mouse coaster. But it was great to see you got an ice cream. Essex is really easy to travel around by train and i love my weekly trips to Colchester town. St Botolphs is really pronounced like boltoffs but it took me a while to learn too.
Nah its Bot-olfs
Have u been to the main Colchester station?
Have u been to the main Colchester station?
The Dotto train at 8:28 is the original one from Ryde, Isle of Wight!
your train stations look great.
I imagine it will be a while until you'll be up North. I'm hoping I can find you when you two eventually get up here. :)
5:51 you can literally see the windows to my flat!
Norwich and Norfolk branches next ? We will just have to see.
I've just realised the vocoder on the theme tune says "All The Stations, all of them".
Thanks, I've been wondering the whole time what the last three syllables said; I couldn't make it out!
Been following their progress on Facebook, Cambridgeshire is next (with a special day out at Shippea Hill, the least used station of them all) and it looks like they've started Norfolk yesterday but haven't finished yet.
The map is updated at 1000 each day with the stations visited the previous day. They are taking today (Monday 5th) off so the next update will be at 1000 on Wednesday 7th June.
My local station at Chelmsford 😊😊
The longest platform was 3 in Chester! It's used to have an award for it!
I think the platform between Manchester Victoria and Manchester Exchange (now demolished) used to hold the record as the longest platform, but that was cheating since it was shared between two stations.
Its Gloucester :)
@@Mortimer50145 The long platford at Colchester North was designed for military use (there used to be a major barracks in the town). The idea was that in the event of mobilisation an entire battalion could be entrained there
Busy now planning a summer day out to Walton on the Naize. What have you started!
It's lovely. My ex- and I used to go to Frinton (just down the coast), and cycle to Walton. The Naze itself is wonderful, particularly for kids. There's a tower with a café and art gallery in it.
Here are so many Hatfields around Hertfordshire and Essex! Well at least 3. Hatfield Broad-oak, Hatfield Heath, Hatfield whatever it was you went to
benivanphillips Yes, and there's a "Hatfield & Stainforth" on the Doncaster to Goole line as well !!
Is Harwich International in this video? The station for Holland used to be called Harwich Parkeston Quay. I don't know whether it's just a rename or a relocation. I've been to HPQ but not to HI. I used to travel to Holland as a young man some 20+ years ago, but was driving a van when I revisited this year so missed the station. My only visits to western Europe in between merely involved Schiphol and on one occasion Charles De Gaulle airports!
Colchester was the first capital of roman england, the england we would recognise today has been London since the capital moved.
also Colchester used to be the station that was furthest away from its (top 4 divisions only) football ground. the football ground has now moved.
Walton on the Naze is good. If you ever go again, I recommend going up the tower, just a quick walk out of the town. Also, you really didn't miss much at Harwich. It's not the most lovely place ever.
But what happened to Frinton-on-Sea? We used to go there on holiday when I was a child (and walked along the beach to Walton to go on the pier, and then either walked back or got the bus or the train). I wish you had shown its station and the infamous level crossing!
Shout out to White Notley! Hoping to make it there one day :)
Felixstowe is also the place where Michael Palin arrived back in England on his Around The World in 80 Days.
Loving the series. As a Colchester boy, some of your struggles with how to pronounce Essex place names cracked me up!
Russell sawyer Wait until they reach Wales and Scotland... They'll have lots of Ll and Ff and random vowels in Wales.
... considering the fact that "Botolph" really isn't that difficult ...
Marcomanseckisax but it was so cute the way she pronounced it... bottle off 😀👍
I was waiting for them to attempt Thorpe-le-Soken, but they missed it out completely. This series should be called Some Of The Stations...
Russell sawyer Yes and they missed Colchester stations like Wivenhoe and the Hythe
All the stations **Seaside Special**
You could visit a non ever used station at Mangapps Railway Museum which has trains and tracks run by a guy who starting collecting trains stuff and grew and grew it seems you can get by train on the Southminster line and walk or cab..
Walton-on-the-Naze. Seaside holidays in the 1950s - including having a beach hut for the week!
Mr. Praline: This is Bolton, is it?
Owner: No, it's Ipswitch.
Mr. Praline: That's inter-city rail for you......
It's Ipswich
And it's a small town not a city
The only large places there was Chelmsford and Colchester
White Notley must have one of the most frequent train services for a "least used station" as every Braintree service stops there.
I live in Witham and I was hoping you'd show it, but oh well. I used to live in Hatfield Peverel and don't worry Vicki, there is nothing to see there, just a small rural village that does nothing.
Trains in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that are five minutes late are considered to be still on time.
from my experience, Ipswich has the best railway station that I've been into.
Alderaan Nowicki Colchester is better
Well there is 5 railway stations in Colchester - It's massive
Nathan Scofield only 3 (if counting Hythe)???
Bristol Temple Meads
St Pancras
Edinburgh
That's just the UK
@@matthewlewis2072 You forgot Manchester Victoria and Piccadilly
I've been to Clacton Pier
Yea, for Ipswich!
David Lee Kersey Nah for Ipswich
Yea for Colchester
As someone said on social media: 3:01 the moquette looks like it's all hedgehogs! 😃
Hi Geoff. Love your videos. Any chance you could do a video on the Manchester metro link?
The Sunshine Coast the sunniest part of UK and Elmsteaad Market is driest place in Britain.
11:53 that was a goods shed by the looks of it
Vicki is amused by the word amusements
I did a geography project on Walton on the naze
You want a station on the beach? You should visit Chalkwell, Southend on Sea. I'm surprised that Vicky didn't mention where the longest pier actually is, 'cos that is Southend (again), but not only the largest in length but sadly the unluckiest pier ever (check it's history), and I can tell you it's a extremely enjoyable but very long walk from end to end, or you can get the train (not scoot in a mobility scooter, like I have 😉).
ONE TRAIN AN HOUR IS AWKWARD? You know how frequent that is!!!
I think that the longest platforms are either Edingburgh Waverly or Gloucester
0:44 WHAT A STADIUM!!!
Believe me Geoff.. there ain't much in Hatfield Peverel. I used to live there.
White Notley (and the rest) are long because they run 12 car trains to and from London at Peak times..
They should have extended the Braintree line out to Stansted Airport using the old route and then alongside the A120 to reduce costs and the need for CPO's. In fact, it would have been a good contender for an EU development grant.
Platform at Cambridge prob isn't the absolute longest, but it's loooooooooong.
Is there a particular station that you're saving til last? :)
My family have been to Walton on the naze
Braintree branch aka the Flitch Line. I manage the Flitch Way, the former Braintree to Bishops Stortford line. Look it up for the least used on the branch perhaps!?
Can I ask in what capacity you manage Flitch Way? It's a real asset to the area and I only wish more people were aware of it or had cause to use it: though if I'm feeling selfish it's quite nice to have the path all to myself when I'm cycling along it on a weekday.
I have just finished reading 'LOST AND FOUND' BY DAVID GRIDLEY which was fascinating. I decided to search for either Braintree or Bishop's Stortford on 'All the Stations'. Thought there might be some mention that the line had once carried on to B\S but not to be.
I think it's a brilliant route and only wish I'd found it earlier. I usually start at the M11 end with the obligatory stop at Rayne station for cake and coffee; up to Braintree and then back to B/S. On one occasion I came across a music festival at Rayne station which was completely unexpected and brilliant.
I have lived locally since the late 80's and was totally unaware of 'Flitch Way'. 10 years ago I bought a bike and started to cycle around the Herts/Essex countryside. My father (a fan of the train world, though not a train spotter) had mentioned an old train route but I had no idea where it was. One day I came across a small bridge and out of curiosity went down to explore; I had finally found the old track bed my father had talked of. Such a shame he was no longer alive as I know he would have got a kick out of the fact that I managed to follow the route all the way to Braintree and back.
When I was younger I couldn't understand my father's fascination for old stations or disused train routes, but recently I seem to have picked up his interest: maybe it's nostalgia for a different time!?
Perhaps the next series for Geoff could be all the abandoned lines and stations of the railways? I'd watch it.
Rob N I have worked for the council for 13 years now and started with my office where the Rayne cafe kitchen is now. The last 10 years I have pretty much decided what is done and where on the old line and know it better than most. It is an amazing route and would be great for Geoff to explore along with the other bits I look after, namely the Blackwater Rail Trail (former Witham to Maldon branch) and 1.5 miles up in the Earls/White Colne.
The older I get, the more I become fascinated with local history. I wonder if we could email Geoff and get him to cover the Flitch Way and generate some interest in it. I know he said in the video that he wanted to come back to White Notley for a 'least used station' video sometime in the future, so the Flitch is only round the corner.
Just like him I like trains in Britain
Colchester Town station used to be called St Botolph's (after the priory), only changing in 1991.
St Botolph is the English patron saint of travelling and his feast day is 17 June.
Si Hollett Ooooh good one. Hopefully +allthestations caught that !!!
noooooooooooooooo I was on holiday in Clacton when you were there and I went to Walton when you were there
Gutted no shot of Derby Road station... I'll be living there in a few weeks.
How are you finding it now?
white notley is long because it is a freight waiting are for the signals
What about platform 1 + 15 at Euston they have to accommodate 16 coaches and 2 power cars..... 😎
You should get on Timmy mahowen station in Blackburn on Trent street walker grove
Gloucester, or the down platform at Bournemouth.
hatfield several set to shut when the new station is built in chelmsford
2:49 I see Henrietta, but where's Toby?